Clitoria javitensis(Kunth) Benth.

WFO wfo-0000184224 Accepted WFO 2026-06 3 photographs CC BY / CC BY-SA

Plate 1 figs. a–c · 3 separate observations

Clitoria javitensis, photographed by Lena Struwe
fig. a Lena Struwe, CC BY-SA 4.0 / 2015-03-20 / obs. 1943000
Clitoria javitensis, photographed by My-Lan Le
fig. b My-Lan Le, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 108167265
Clitoria javitensis, photographed by Jason Grant
fig. c Jason Grant, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 6765126

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Native range 7 botanical countries

Regions where Clitoria javitensis is native: Brazil North, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Panamá, Peru, Venezuela Brazil NorthColombiaCosta RicaEcuadorPanamáPeruVenezuela
Native distribution of Clitoria javitensis, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Brazil North BZN SOUTHERN AMERICA
Colombia CLM
Costa Rica COS
Ecuador ECU
Panamá PAN
Peru PER
Venezuela VEN

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 9 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Clitoria grandifolia Ducke
  • Clitoria javitensis f. bracteosubtenda Fantz
  • Clitoria javitensis f. pilosa Fantz
  • Clitoria javitensis f. truncata Fantz
  • Clitoria javitensis var. javitensis
  • Clitoria portobellensis Beurl.
  • Neurocarpum javitense Kunth
  • Ternatea javitensis (Kunth) Kuntze
  • Ternatea portobellensis (Beurl.) Kuntze

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

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